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School leadership says the district is balancing budget and staffing issues.
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As Montana schools struggle to fill classrooms with qualified educators, a growing number are turning to virtual teachers to fill the gap, but online learning isn’t a great fit for every student, and some schools are struggling to balance student needs with the reality of the teacher shortage.
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A Montana law requiring public schools to notify parents of lessons that mention human sexuality — and allowing parents to pull their children from those lessons — has reached further and been more cumbersome than anticipated, according to two school district leaders.
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Montana’s smaller, more rural school districts are having a hard time finding and retaining teachers. About one-fifth of schools in the state have moved to four-day work weeks to recruit and retain educators.
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The Montana Office of Public Instruction says about 19% of school districts in the state are taking part in a new incentive program to raise starting teacher pay next year.
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The district in north-central Montana is looking to potentially transition to a 4-day school week as a way to improve teacher recruitment and boost morale.
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Student enrollment in the Big Sky School District has been on an upward trend for the last decade, but a lack of affordable housing in the growing ski resort community has made it challenging to recruit and retain teachers. Administrators and local leaders hope new, subsidized teacher housing will help.
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Public schools in Big Sky are losing teachers because their salaries can’t keep up with the median sale price for a single-family house, which currently…